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44 <br />. <br />~ - s e ~- - <br />----- . ._.._. __-_- -_ - -- ._. _. . _ -_ ---_-_- - -- <br />-- ~ --- . ~~~ j~ - ~'~~ ~~~~~~t~ ~ <br />The Chapel Hill office provides a unique blend of pfanning and impl.errientation experience. Collecfiively <br />Clarion's two principals and three associates in Chapef Hill have over 60 years of experience working <br />with communities on land use planning and zoning.:solutions. :Bringing together both publlc planning <br />and: ~:egal leadership experience, the Chapel Hill office assists=ifs c~ienfis: in developing comprehensive <br />` plans, ~rowth._strategies, development codes, im.pact fee programs, affordable housing strategies and <br />_many other im:plementation strategies that.address a wid..e array of rssu~s. including rural preservation, <br />neighbo~~oDC~ :conservdtion, improvement of design qualrty, resource protection, balancing residential <br />a~d comrri~rcial developrr~en#, affordable workforce hous~ng, ~ind~prn.yision of public services. <br />_ _ - _ .~ Ciuig Richardson`is a~planner, lawyer; and Vice President of Clarion. He is Di- <br />- _ ~.. rector of tlie firm's North Carolina ofFice. Mr. Richardson has consulted with <br />_ over 100 local governmentclients..in a number of states throughout the coun- <br />-~~~ t on the re aration of develo ment codes rowth mana ement strate ies <br />-~~ rY P P P , 9 9 9~ , <br />~ ~; adequate publicfaeilify regulations,_Empact#ees, and workforce housing plans <br />:`~~ : and regulations. l~e has` a strorrg: record,:of success in leading code revi- <br />-- ~ sion projects; growth rimanagement=strafiegies; and other plan implementation <br />~, ~ -~~ x ~ ' ; <br />.~, ~:~ `-. }'. efEorts; Recent code projects include:.Rock Hill, SC; Porfsmouth, VA; <br />- ~ ""~ `~ IVlooresville NC- St: Lucie Coun _FC Falls"Gliurch VA• Foll Beach SC• and <br />, ~ ~4 , . , Y , , <br />- Teton County, V~:: Recent:growfh m~anagement efforts include leading the <br />~ firm's preparafion..:of the Soufh Beaufort County Regional Plan (selected the <br />. '~ ~ Outstanding Mulfi=Jurisdictionnl R(an::by. SCAPA); designing the plan confor- <br />mance flnd projects of regional si jnificance p.rocess for the Southern Nevada <br />_ --'~~~" Regional.Plan (which won the DeBoer Award for Planning Excellence); and <br />' _ leading the public facilities and cost of growth components of the Wake Counfy <br />,. , .... ,. <br />~ GrowtkManagemenf Strategy. In addition, Mr. Richardson has consulted with <br />. nurrierous local govemments in 12 states in the design, implementotion, and <br />= defense o{ over 100 impact fee programs, and recently leod efForts in the de- <br />_. sign and implementation of workforce housing strategies in Jackson/Teton <br />- - _~ .. ,County, WY; Aspen/Pitkin County, CO; Islamorada, FL (the Florida Keys) and <br />- `: Lee .County, FL. He is a frequent speaker at planning conferences and has <br />- wr'itten on a.number of plan implementotion issues. He serves on the faculty for <br />_ - `' ~4PA's nati~nal Zoning Clinic. <br />_ . `~2oger WaldonrFAICP, is a Principal in Garion's North Carolina office. He <br />served as P(annin.g Director for the Town of Chopel Hil{ for 21 years, directing <br />the~'Town`s compi'ehensive planning, and development review functions. His <br />p[anning:and i~esign.background, combined with experience as a former <br />elected~official, contributed to fhe suecess:of numerous planning initiatives, <br />includ.'ing; ,~implementafion of comprehensive plans, special area studies, <br />• neighborhood plans,. and design_guidelines: He has prepared growth man- <br />agement sfrategies foc Fiillsborougli~ NC; Rock Hill and Beaufort Couniy, SC, <br />~ and Hanover County, VA. He hds developed neighborhood plans in Chape{ <br />Nill and Wake Forest, NC, and comprehensive plan updates in Fredericksburg, <br />VA, Br.entwood, TN, Union County, NC. and Tupelo, MS. Mr. Waldon is a mem- <br />6er:of the Col(ege of Fellows of the American Institute of Certified Planners, ond <br />~ _ autho:r. of. Plann`ers dnd Politics; a. book rerehtly published by the American <br />Planning Associati'on. <br />